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Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Tehran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. The at…
NPR – World Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
The Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery on Sunday, while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed as Iran and the US argue over the parameters for peace.
NPR – World Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
Strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday killed at least 11 people in the Yemeni port city of Mokha, says a medical source, after an earlier drone salvo targeted a Saudi oil refinery. Attacks from the armed group have increased since the 2022 truce seems to have been broken last month.
NPR – US US authorities have filed a superseding indictment charging former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with conspiracy to commit torture. The revised indictment also references the alleged involvement of Venezuela’s DGCIM military intelligence agency. The new charges add to an existing US drug trafficking case against the couple.
NYTimes – World The British government says it will retain its presence in occupied East Jerusalem after Israel removed its consulate.
NYTimes – US Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is recovering after a botched execution in which she survived two lethal injections, her lawyers say. She is now conscious, speaking and walking in hospital, though she had earlier been reported to have pneumonia and limited arm movement. A judge has ordered evidence from the failed execution preserved, and her legal future remains unclear.
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